Clive Hamilton

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Clive Hamilton is the former Executive Director of The Australia Institute, a self described 'progressive' Australian think tank.^[1] In June 2008 he was appointed to the newly created Vice-Chancellor's Chair at Charles Sturt University and joined The Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE) as Professor of Public Ethics based at the Australian National University (ANU).

Hamilton publishes and comments on a range of environmental, social and economic issues, and regularly appears in the Australian media. He offers a critique of modern capitalism and consumerism. One of his more frequent methods of argument is to break down how dissatisfaction is the aim of all advertising, a version of Richard Eckersley's theory that the seven deadly sins have been repackaged and sold to the public.^[2] He is the author of Growth Fetish, Scorcher and Silencing Dissent. His latest book The Freedom Paradox: Towards a Post-Secular Ethics is a critique of both economic liberalism and the unintended consequences of the social movements of the 60s. He draws on European and Eastern philosophy to argue that we^[who?] lack inner freedom and proposes a moral theory that shuns moral relativism and religious faith.

Hamilton has held visiting positions at the Australian National University, the University of Sydney, the University of Technology, Sydney and the University of Cambridge.

Hamilton has a BS in Pure Mathematics from the Australian National University, a BEc (First Class Honours) in Economics from the University of Sydney and a PhD in economics from the University of Sussex.

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• List of books by Clive Hamilton

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• Clive Hamilton
• ABC Radio : Clive Hamilton
• The Death of Social Democracy
• Paper : The Third Way and the End of Politics
• Paper : The Politics of the Past and Future
• Video: Clive Hamilton on The Freedom Paradox (SlowTV)
• Profile: Clive Hamilton

v • d • e Clive Hamilton Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE) · The Australia Institute Select bibliography Politics The Freedom Paradox: Towards a Post-Secular Ethics (2008) · Scorcher: The Dirty Politics of Climate Change (2007) · Silencing Dissent: How the Australian Government is Controlling Public Opinion and Stifling Debate (2007) · What's Left? The Death of Social Democracy (2006) · Affluenza: When Too Much is Never Enough (2005) · Growth Fetish (2003) · Human Ecology, Human Economy: Ideas for an Ecologically Sustainable Future (1997) Economics The Mystic Economist (1994) · The Economic Dynamics of Australian Industry (1997)

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